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Arbutus Recreation Center - LEED Gold!

Friday, April 1st - 2011

The Arbutus Librar/Senior Center and Recreation Center, built by Dustin Construction, have received its final LEED Certification from the USGBC. The Library / Senior Center building received the Silver Rating and the Recreation Center received the Gold rating. This is Dustin's first Gold rated LEED project!

Some of the most noticeable achievements of the Recreation Center include:

An annual energy savings of 42.7% and a cost savings of 35.5% over the conventional ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refridgerant and Air-conditioning Engineers) standard

A 100% reduction in potable water use for irrigation

A 48% reduction in potable water use for interior building fixtures

76.01% of the construction waste generated by the proejct was diverted from landfills

34.44% of the total building products contained recycled content

3.63% of the total building products were rapidly renewable materials

94.04% of the wood used in the construction of the buildings was harvested from sustainably managed forestry